Vehicle-shaft support



(NOQMOGGL) E. L. BUGKINGHAM.

VEHICLE SHAFT SUPPORT.

Patented June 17, 1890.

Wz'inesses:

UNITED STATES EDUARD L. BUCKINGHAM,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF LEWISTOIVN, ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE-SHAFT SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,510, dated June 1'7, 1890.

Application filed March 31, 1890. Serial No. 346,100. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known. that I, EDUARD L. BUCKING- HAM, of Lewistown, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaft or Pole Supports and Anti-Rattlers; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use'it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in shaft or pole supports and anti-rattlers; and it consists in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a casting or plate'so formed that it is secured to the axle by the clip-bolts, and to provide this plate with sockets for the reception of the lower ends of two springs, and to provide a coupling-link of a particular form for connecting the upper ends of the spring, and which bears upon the under side of the shaft and norn1a1ly holds it in a vertical position.

Figure -1 is a side elevation of a device which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective of the spring-support.

A represents the axle, B the clip, and C the shaft, all of which are of the ordinary construction.

Applied to the axle is a plate or casting consisting of the horizontal extension II, the vertical flange D, and the two sockets G. The extension I-I extends across the bottom of the axle and is provided with vertical perforations, through which the clip-bolts pass, and by means of which the casting is secured in place, and this extension thus forms a yoke for the clips, while the flange D engages the rear side of the axle or the clip and thus forms a brace for the extension II and a bearing for the coils of the springs I. In order to apply this plate to a shaft or pole coupling, it is only necessary to remove the ordinary yoke at the bottom of the clip and place this plate and yoke in position. By this construction it is unnecessary to ever remove any part of the coupling in order to either place my attachment in position or remove it. Two separate and distinct springs I are used, which are formed of wire, and which are bent into coils near their inner ends, and have their inner ends bent outward so as to catchin the two sockets prepared for them. The upper ends of these two springs are preferably screwthreaded, so as to receive nuts, and these two screw-threaded ends are passed through perforations made in the ends of the U-shaped yoke .I, upon which a friction-roller L is placed. IVhen the parts are in position, the friction-roller catches against the under side of the shaft or pole, and the two springs exert their tension in holding the shaft or tongue in a raised position, so that all trouble of backing the animal into position or having to use care to avoid having the animals not step upon the shafts, and all other such troubles, are entirely overcome. IVhen the shaft or pole is depressed the tension of the springs is overcome, and then the springs serve to keep the front ends of the shafts or pole in a raised position, so as to take their weight from the animals back. Should it be desired at any time to remove these springs, it is only necessary to disconnect their upper ends, remove their lower ends from the sockets, and then remove the plate and yoke from the clip and replace the plate and yoke which were removed.

Secured to the under side of the axle by means of the screw-threaded end of the clip is the flat metallic spring 0. The outer end of this spring is bent as shown, and it catches against the shaft-iron, so as to hold it in such amann er as to prevent all rattling while the vehicle is in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. I11 a shaft-support, the combination, with a spring-support consisting of a horizontal portion which extends under the axle and provided with vertical perforations through which the clip-bolts pass and two sockets at its rear end, of two springs which have their lower ends placed in the said sockets and a yoke which extends under the shaft and has its ends connected with the upper ends of the springs, substantially as shown.

2. Ina shaft-support, the combination, with a horizontal portion which engages the under side of the axle and provided with vertical perforations through which the clip-bolts pass and two sockets at its rear end, of two springs which have their lower ends placed in the said sockets and a U-shaped yoke having apertures in its ends in a line with I the ends of the spring and through which the upper ends of the said springs are passed and detachably secured, substantially as shown.

3. In a shaft-support, the combination, with a spring-support consisting of a horizontal portion having vertical perforations for the clip-bolts, a vertical flange at its rear end, and two sockets below the flange, of two springs which have their lower ends placed inthe sockets and formed into coils above the sockets, and which engage the said flange, and a yoke which passes under the shaft and connects their upper ends, substantially as Shown.

4. Inashaft-support, the combination, with a spring-support consisting of a horizontal portion having apertures for the passage of the clip-bolts and two horizontal sockets at its rear end, of two springs having horizontally and outwardly turned lower ends, which enter the said sockets, and a yoke which passes under the shaft and connected to the upper ends of the springs, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereoflaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDUARD L. BUCKINGHAM.

WVitnesses:

CHAs. C. EHRRUBORT, J AME's' F. ARUNDALE. 

